ST. JOHN - A season-best 36 points from junior guard Tanner Tranbarger led the Macksville High School boys' basketball team to a 76-55 victory over Victoria in a semifinal game of a Class 1A Division-I sub-state tournament on Friday night.

STERLING - The Central Plains High School boy's basketball team played a patient offensive style to hang close with No. 2 seed Inman before losing 33-23 in Friday night's semifinal game of a Class 2A sub-state tournament.

SALINA - One win from advancing to the Class 5A state tournament in Topeka, the third-seeded Great Bend High School Lady Panthers battled No. 2 seed Salina South throughout on Friday night in a sub-state championship game.